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George Pit
OS Grid Ref: NZ 26400 58400
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from George Pit are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery | Location | Distance | Opened | Closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Pit | Heworth | 1.8m/2.9km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Air Pit | Beamish | 4.4m/7.1km | 1849 | ||
| Allerdean Colliery | Lamesley | 0.6m/1.1km | |||
| Alma Drift | Grange Villa | 4.6m/7.4km | 02 Mar 1955 | ||
| Alma Pit | Pelton | 4.6m/7.4km | 1858 | ||
| Andrews House Colliery | Whickham | 3.7m/6.0km | 1843 | Dec 1920 | |
| Ann Pit | Gateshead | 0.3m/0.5km | 1726 | 1973 | |
| Ann Pit | Walker | 4.1m/6.6km | |||
| Anna Bella Pit | Harraton | 2.5m/4.1km | |||
| Aubone Pit | Benwell | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Axwell Colliery | Swalwell | 4.5m/7.3km | 1878 | 31 Dec 1887 | |
| Axwell Park Colliery | Swalwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1839 | 07 Aug 1954 | |
| Ayton Pit | Harraton | 2.6m/4.2km | |||
| Bagnall Colliery | Swalwell | 4.5m/7.3km | 1878 | 31 Dec 1887 | |
| Bakers Quarry | High Spen | 2.8m/4.6km | |||
| Beamish Colliery | Beamish | 4.4m/7.1km | 1763 | 26 Mar 1966 | |
| Beamish Museum | Chester-le-Street | 3.8m/6.2km | |||
| Beams Wheels Pit | Whickham | 2.6m/4.3km | |||
| Beaumont Pit | Benwell | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Beaumont Pit | Benwell | 3.8m/6.2km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| Benwell Colliery | Benwell | 4.4m/7.1km | 1766 | ||
| Betty Pit | Lamesley | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Betty Pit | Lamesley | 0.4m/0.7km | |||
| Bewicke Main Colliery | Birtley | 1.8m/2.9km | 1862 | 1932 | |
| Big Pit | Harraton | 3.2m/5.2km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Billet Pit | Elswick | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| Billy Pit | Biddick | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Billy Pit | Harraton | 3.2m/5.2km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Blackburn Fell Drift | nr. Sunniside | 3.1m/5.1km | Jul 1937 | Feb 1979 | |
| Blackhouse Colliery | Birtley | 2.0m/3.2km | 1913 | May 1932 | |
| Borehole Pit | Lamesley | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Boundry Pit | Harraton | 2.0m/3.2km | |||
| Brandling Main | Felling | 2.5m/4.1km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Brow Pit | Pelton, nr, Chester le Street | 4.0m/6.4km | 1867 | Feb 1965 | |
| Burns Pit | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1859 | 19 Mar 1936 | |
| Busty Pit | Pelton, nr, Chester le Street | 4.1m/6.7km | Feb 1965 | ||
| Butney Pit | Washington | 3.7m/6.0km | bef. 1710 | Mar 1935 | |
| Byermoor Colliery | Byermoor | 4.8m/7.8km | 1860 | 02 Feb 1968 | |
| Carrhill Quarry | Heworth | 2.0m/3.3km | |||
| Causey Mill Drift | nr. Stanley | 4.0m/6.5km | 1949 | Jan 1955 | |
| Centre Pit | Beamish | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Centre Pit | Lamesley | 0.4m/0.7km | |||
| Chance Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Chance Pit | Lamesley | 0.2m/0.4km | |||
| Chapel Pit | Gateshead | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Charlotte Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Charlotte Pit | Benwell | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Charlotte Pit | Walker | 4.6m/7.5km | bef. 1765 | ||
| Chartershaugh Colliery | Harraton | 4.1m/6.7km | 1680 | ||
| Chaytor's Haugh Colliery | Harraton | 4.1m/6.7km | 1680 | ||
| Clockburn Drift | Winlaton Mill | 5.0m/8.0km | 1952 | Mar 1983 | |
| Clog Pit | 4.1m/6.7km | ||||
| Corn Pit | Lamesley | 0.1m/0.3km | |||
| Corner Pit | Lamesley | 0.6m/1.0km | |||
| Crookbank Colliery | Burnopfield | 4.8m/7.8km | bef. 1847 | ||
| Crowhall Quarry | Felling | 2.3m/3.7km | |||
| Cuthouse Pit | Biddick | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| Dean Pit | Lamesley | 0.3m/0.5km | |||
| Deckham Hall Colliery | Gateshead | 2.1m/3.5km | Dec 1893 | ||
| Delaval Benwell Colliery | Scotswood | 4.6m/7.5km | 15 May 1901 | ||
| Delaval Pit | Benwell | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Delight Pit | Byker | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Delight Pit | Wallsend | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Derwent Crook Colliery | Low Fell | 1.3m/2.2km | bef. 1746 | ||
| Derwenthaugh Coking Plant | Blaydon-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Dike Pit | Beamish | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Doll Pit | Gateshead Fell | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Dolly Pit | Harraton | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Dolly Pit | Harraton | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| Dunston Colliery | Dunston | 3.3m/5.4km | 1875 | Dec 1947 | |
| Dunston Garesfield Colliery | Dunston | 3.3m/5.4km | 1875 | Dec 1947 | |
| East Pit | Wallsend | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| East Stanley Colliery | Stanley | 4.6m/7.4km | 1933 | ||
| East Tanfield Colliery | nr. Tantobie | 4.7m/7.6km | 1844 | 09 Jan 1965 | |
| Edge Pit | Gateshead Fell | 1.1m/1.9km | |||
| Edge Pit | Beamish | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Edith Pit | Swalwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1920? | Aug 1940 | |
| Eighton Colliery | Gateshead | 0.3m/0.5km | 1726 | 1973 | |
| Ellison Main Colliery | Wrekenton | 0.9m/1.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Elswick Colliery | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.1m/6.7km | bef. 1828 | ||
| Elswick East Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.1m/6.6km | |||
| Elswick Middle Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Elswick West Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.3m/7.0km | |||
| Emidy Pit | Lamesley | 0.2m/0.4km | |||
| Engine Pit | Lamesley | 1.5m/2.4km | |||
| Engine Pit | 3.8m/6.2km | ||||
| Fair Pit | Wallsend | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Fan Pit | Pelton, nr, Chester le Street | 4.1m/6.7km | 1867 | Feb 1965 | |
| Fanny Pit | Heworth | 1.8m/2.9km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Fanny Pit | Gateshead Fell | 1.0m/1.7km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Farewell Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 3.1m/5.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| Farnacres Colliery | Whickham | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Felling Colliery | Felling | 2.5m/4.1km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Felling Quarry | Felling | 2.3m/3.7km | |||
| Fifth Pit | Beamish | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Flat Pit | Lamesley | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Follonsby Colliery | White Mare Pool | 3.4m/5.5km | 1911 | 08 Aug 1974 | |
| Fortune Pit | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.8km | 1736 | ||
| Fortune Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Frederick Pit | Usworth | 3.1m/5.1km | 1874 | 01 Aug 1974 | |
| Friar's Goose Colliery | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 2.2m/3.6km | 1798 | 1926 | |
| Garden Pit | Harraton | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Gate Pit | Grange Villa | 4.5m/7.3km | 04 Aug 1938 | ||
| Gellesfield Quarry | High Spen | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| George Pit | Low Fell | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Gibson's Pit | Newfield | 4.0m/6.4km | 1841 | 1936 | |
| Gill Pit | South Biddick | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Glamis Pit | Kibblesworth | 1.8m/3.0km | 1842 | 04 Oct 1974 | |
| Glebe Colliery | Washington | 3.1m/5.0km | 1904 | 04 Aug 1972 | |
| Godspeed Pit | 3.8m/6.1km | ||||
| Gosforth Pit | Wallsend | 4.5m/7.3km | |||
| Green Pit | Lamesley | 0.1m/0.3km | |||
| Hall Pit | Lamesley | 0.3m/0.5km | |||
| Hall Pit, Fatfield | Fatfield, Washington | 2.8m/4.6km | |||
| Handen Hold Colliery | West Pelton | 4.0m/6.5km | 1860 | 01 Mar 1968 | |
| Harraton Colliery | Harraton | 3.2m/5.2km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Hat Pit | 4.1m/6.7km | ||||
| Haugh Pit | 4.1m/6.7km | ||||
| Hazard Pit | Blaydon | 5.0m/8.0km | Mar 1921 | ||
| Heaton Colliery | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.8km | 1736 | ||
| Heaton Quarry | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Hedge Pit | Chartershaugh | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Hedge Pit | South Biddick | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Henry Pit | Wallsend | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Henry Pit | Swalwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1920? | Aug 1940 | |
| Heworth Colliery | Heworth | 1.8m/2.9km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| High Marley Hill Drift | Byermoor | 4.5m/7.3km | 1948 | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Hill Pit | Lamesley | 1.2m/2.0km | |||
| Hill Top Opencast | Chester-le-Street | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Hope Pit | Gateshead Fell | 1.3m/2.1km | |||
| Ice Pit | Beamish | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Isabella Pit | Wrekenton | 0.9m/1.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Jacks Row Pit | 4.2m/6.8km | ||||
| Jane Pit | Walker | 3.8m/6.2km | bef. 1765 | ||
| Jesmond Colliery | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| John Pit | Felling | 2.4m/3.9km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| John Pit | Heworth | 1.7m/2.8km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Joliffe Pit | 3.9m/6.3km | ||||
| Judith Pit | Harraton | 2.8m/4.6km | |||
| Kettledrum Pit | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1859 | 19 Mar 1936 | |
| Kibblesworth Colliery | Kibblesworth | 1.8m/3.0km | 1842 | 04 Oct 1974 | |
| Kibblesworth Grange Drift | Kibblesworth | 1.5m/2.5km | 1914 | Dec 1932 | |
| Kibblesworth Quarry | Gateshead | 1.3m/2.1km | |||
| King Pit | Walker | 4.3m/6.9km | bef. 1765 | ||
| King Pit, Wrekenton | Wrekenton | 0.8m/1.4km | |||
| Lady Pit | Dunston | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Lamb Pit | Lamesley | 1.5m/2.5km | |||
| Lambton Pit | Penshaw | 4.6m/7.5km | 1792 | ||
| Lamp Pit | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1874 | 19 Mar 1936 | |
| Landsale Pit | Lamesley | 0.3m/0.5km | |||
| Lane Pit | Lamesley | 1.8m/2.9km | |||
| Lane Pit | Harraton | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Lawson's Main Colliery | Byker | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Letch Pit | Lamesley | 0.4m/0.7km | |||
| Little Pit | Washington | 4.2m/6.8km | 1894 | Mar 1935 | |
| Lodge Pit | Marley Hill | 3.6m/5.8km | 1841 | 03 Mar 1983 | |
| Low Urpeth Colliery | Urpeth | 2.7m/4.4km | 1835 | 30 Mar 1957 | |
| Marley Hill Colliery | Marley Hill | 3.6m/5.8km | 1841 | 03 Mar 1983 | |
| Mary Pit | Beamish | 4.5m/7.3km | 1883 | 26 Mar 1966 | |
| Mary Pit | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1860 | 19 Mar 1936 | |
| Meadow Pit | Lamesley | 0.1m/0.3km | |||
| Mexico Pit | Farnacres, Gateshead | 2.5m/4.0km | |||
| Middle Pit | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Mill Pit | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Mill Pit | Lamesley | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Mill Pit | South Biddick | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Monkton Coking Plant | Hebburn | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Mount Moor Colliery | Springwell | 1.0m/1.6km | bef. 1826 | May 1931 | |
| Mushroom Colliery | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 3.5m/5.6km | 1833 | ||
| Nanny Pit | Lamesley | 0.3m/0.5km | |||
| Nelly Pit | Lamesley | 0.6m/1.0km | |||
| New D Pit | Penshaw | 4.8m/7.7km | 1832 | ||
| New Pit | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 15 Aug 1876 | 09 Feb 1937 | |
| Newfield Colliery | Newfield, Chester Le Street | 4.0m/6.4km | 1841 | 1936 | |
| Nightingale Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 3.1m/5.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| Noel Pit | Oxclose, Washington | 2.5m/4.1km | |||
| North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery | Marley Hill | 3.6m/5.8km | 1700's | 1815 | |
| North Biddick Colliery | Washington | 3.7m/6.0km | bef. 1710 | Mar 1935 | |
| North Elswick Pit | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| North Pit | Lamesley | 0.7m/1.2km | |||
| Norwood Coking Plant | Dunston | 2.3m/3.7km | |||
| Norwood Colliery | Dunston | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Oakwellgate Colliery | Gateshead | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Old Engine Pit | 3.8m/6.1km | ||||
| Ouston Colliery | Ouston | 2.2m/3.6km | bef. 1815 | Jan 1959 | |
| Oxclose Colliery | Washington | 4.0m/6.5km | bef. 1805 | ||
| Painshaw Colliery | Penshaw | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Paradise Colliery | Benwell | 3.8m/6.2km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| Peareths Main Colliery | Harraton | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Pelton Colliery | Pelton, nr, Chester le Street | 4.1m/6.7km | 1835 | Feb 1965 | |
| Pelton Quarry (Clay) | Pelton Fell | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Penshaw Colliery | Penshaw | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Ravensworth Ann Colliery | nr. Birtley | 0.3m/0.5km | 1726 | 1973 | |
| Ravensworth Betty Colliery | Lamesley | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Ravensworth Grange Opencast | Kibblesworth | 2.1m/3.5km | |||
| Ravensworth Park Drift | Lamesley | 1.3m/2.2km | 1936 | 09 Mar 1968 | |
| Ravensworth Shop Colliery | Lamesley | 3.6m/5.8km | 1850 | 23 Feb 1962 | |
| Red Barns Extension Opencast | Hebburn | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Red Barns Opencast | Hebburn | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Redheugh Colliery | Gateshead | 2.8m/4.6km | 1872 | 28 May 1927 | |
| Restoration Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 3.5m/5.7km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| Rickleton Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Riding Drift | Lamesley | 2.1m/3.4km | 18 May 1929 | ||
| Robert Pit | Kibblesworth | 1.9m/3.1km | 1842 | 04 Oct 1974 | |
| Row Pit | Harraton | 3.5m/5.6km | 29 May 1965 | ||
| Rush Pit | Lamesley | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Rush Pit | Harraton | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Scrog Pit | Harraton | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Second Pit | Beamish | 4.0m/6.5km | 1784 | 09 Nov 1962 | |
| Shearlegs Pits | Felling | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Sheriff Hill Colliery | Wrekenton | 0.9m/1.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Shipcote Colliery | Gateshead | 2.7m/4.4km | c. 1856 | 1880s | |
| Shiphouse Colliery | Harraton | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Six Feet Staple | West Pelton | 4.0m/6.5km | 01 Mar 1968 | ||
| Sixth Pit | Beamish | 4.1m/6.6km | |||
| South Birtley Colliery | Birtley | 2.2m/3.6km | 08 Feb 1922 | ||
| South Pelaw Colliery | nr. Chester le Street | 3.8m/6.1km | 1890 | 03 Jan 1964 | |
| Spital Tongues Colliery | Jesmond | 4.6m/7.5km | 1830's | 1858 | |
| Spring Pit | Lamesley | 0.2m/0.4km | |||
| Spring Pit | Lamesley | 0.6m/1.1km | |||
| Springwell (Vale Pit) | Springwell | 1.0m/1.6km | bef. 1826 | May 1931 | |
| Springwell Colliery | Springwell | 1.3m/2.1km | 17 Jan 1826 | Jun 1932 | |
| Springwell Quarry | Springwell | 1.2m/2.0km | |||
| St. Anthony's Colliery | Byker, Newcastle | 3.1m/5.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| St. Lawrence Colliery | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 3.5m/5.6km | 1833 | ||
| Stable End Pit | Chartershaugh | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Stella Gill Coking Plant | Pelton Fell | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Stormont Main Colliery | Wrekenton | 0.8m/1.4km | |||
| Street Pit | Lamesley | 0.6m/1.1km | |||
| Success Pit | 4.0m/6.4km | ||||
| Swalwell Garesfield Colliery | Swalwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1920? | Aug 1940 | |
| Team Colliery | Gateshead | 0.3m/0.5km | 1726 | 1973 | |
| Thomas Pit | Low Fell | 1.1m/1.9km | |||
| Tinker Row Quarry | Marley Hill | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Trial Pit | Farnacres, Gateshead | 2.3m/3.7km | |||
| Tribley Pit | Chester-le-Street | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Twizell Burn Drift | Grange Villa | 4.7m/7.6km | 1843 | 01 Jul 1948 | |
| Twizell Colliery | Grange Villa | 4.5m/7.3km | 1844 | 04 Aug 1938 | |
| Tyne Main Colliery | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 2.2m/3.6km | 1798 | 1926 | |
| Union Brickworks Clay Pit | Birtley | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Upper Heworth Colliery | Heworth | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Urpeth Busty Colliery | Pelton | 3.1m/5.0km | |||
| Urpeth Colliery | Urpeth | 2.7m/4.4km | 1835 | 30 Mar 1957 | |
| Usworth Colliery | Usworth | 3.1m/5.1km | 1845 | 01 Aug 1974 | |
| Vale Pit | Springwell | 1.0m/1.6km | bef. 1826 | May 1931 | |
| Venture Pit | Felling | 2.8m/4.5km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Victoria Pit | Washington | 4.1m/6.7km | Mar 1935 | ||
| Victoria Pit | Usworth | 3.1m/5.1km | 1910 | 01 Aug 1974 | |
| Walker Colliery | Walker | 4.3m/6.9km | bef. 1765 | 1920 | |
| Wardley Colliery | White Mare Pool | 3.3m/5.4km | 1855 | 08 Aug 1974 | |
| Wash Houses Pit | Birtley | 2.0m/3.2km | 1913 | May 1932 | |
| Washington Colliery | Washington | 2.5m/4.1km | bef. 1794 | ||
| Washington 'F' Pit | Washington | 2.4m/3.9km | 1777 | 21 Jun 1968 | |
| Washington Glebe Colliery | Washington | 3.1m/5.0km | 1904 | 04 Aug 1972 | |
| Water Pit | Beamish | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Watergate Colliery | nr. Sunniside | 2.7m/4.4km | 1924 | 20 Aug 1964 | |
| Way Pit | Lamesley | 1.3m/2.1km | |||
| Wellington Pit | Usworth | 3.1m/5.1km | 1845 | 01 Aug 1974 | |
| West Benwell Colliery | Benwell | 3.8m/6.2km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| West Pelton Colliery | Pelton | 4.7m/7.6km | 1858 | 1921 | |
| West Stanley Colliery | Stanley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1832 | 19 Mar 1936 | |
| Whickham Colliery | Whickham, Gateshead | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Whickhambanks Colliery | Whickham, Gateshead | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Whin Pit | Lamesley | 1.5m/2.4km | |||
| White House Quarry | Springwell | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Whitefield Pit | Penshaw | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Whitfield (D) Pit | Penshaw | 4.8m/7.7km | 1830 | ||
| William Pit | Benwell | 4.1m/6.6km | |||
| William Pit | Felling | 2.1m/3.5km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| William Pit | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 3.0m/4.8km | 1841 | 1926 | |
| Windyhill Quarry | High Spen | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Wittle Pit | Heworth | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Woodhouse Quarry | High Spen | 4.4m/7.1km |
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